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Ultimatower XSeed 4000
Just when you think that the tallest building currently in the world is almost too awesome to contemplate, plans for another structure, six times the scale of the first is almost too much to comprehend. A new Tower of Babylon to rise from the sea near Japan.
The two-mile-high Ultima Tower designed by Eugene Tsui. a self-contained high-rise city in the Tokyo harbor – powered mainly by solar energy. Aesthetically inspired by nearby Mt. Fuji, the behemoth building would measure 13,123 feet tall with a 6 square-kilometer footprint, and could accommodate five hundred thousand to one million inhabitants.
Read more: X-SEED 4000: World’s tallest tower will house 1 million people | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
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